Romito, Dee,

Pies from nowhere : how Georgia Gilmore sustained the Montgomery bus boycott / by Deanna Romito ; illustrated by Laura Freeman. - First edition. - New York : Little Bee Books , c2018. - 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

"Georgia Gilmore was a cook at the National Lunch Company in Montgomery, Alabama. When the bus boycotts broke out in Montgomery after Rosa Parks was arrested, Georgia knew just what to do. She organized a group of women who cooked and baked to fund-raise for gas and cars to help sustain the boycott. Called the Club from Nowhere, Georgia was the only person who knew who baked and bought the food, and she said the money came from 'nowhere' to anyone who asked. When Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested for his role in the boycott, Georgia testified on his behalf, and her home became a meeting place for civil rights leaders. This picture book highlights a hidden figure of the civil rights movement who fueled the bus boycotts and demonstrated that one person can make a real change in her community and beyond"--Provided by publisher.

006-009.

ISBN: 9781499807202

LCCN: 2017057228

Subjects--Topical Terms:
African American women civil rights workers
Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956
African Americans
African American women civil rights workers
Montgomery Bus Boycott, Montgomery, Ala., 1955-1956.
African Americans
Segregation
Racism